Exodus 21:18-36 ▼

18 Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone, or with his fist, so that he dye not, but lyeth in bedd:

19 Yf he ryse, and go forth vpon his staff, the shall he that smote him, be vngiltie: saue that he shal paye the losse of his tyme, and geue ye money for healynge him.

20 He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde with a staff, that he dye vnder his handes, the same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore.

21 But yf he endure a daye or two, then shall he suffre no vegeaunce therfore, for it is his money.

22 Yf men stryue, and hytt a woman with childe, so that ye frute departe from her, and no harme happen vnto her, then shall he be punyshed for money, as moch as the womans husbande layeth to his charge, and he shall geue it, acordinge to the appoyntement of the dayes men.

23 But yf there come harme vnto her there thorow, then shal he paye soule for soule,

24 eye for eye, toth for toth, hande for hande, fote for fote,

25 burnynge for burnynge, wounde for wounde, strype for strype.

26 Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye, and destroye it, he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake.

27 In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde, he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake.

28 Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman, that he dye, then shall that oxe be stoned, and his flesh not eaten: so is the master of the oxe vngiltie.

29 But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to push in tymes past, & it hath bene tolde his master, and he hath not kepte him, and besydes that slayeth a man or a woman, then shal ye oxe be stoned, and his master shal dye.

30 But yf there be money set vpon him, then, loke what is put vpon him, that shall he geue, to delyuer his soule.

31 Likewyse shall he be dealte withall, yf he gorre a sonne or a doughter.

32 But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a mayde, then shall he geue their master thirtie syluer Sycles: and the oxe shalbe stoned.

33 Yf a man open a well, or dygge a pytt, and couer it not, and there fall an oxe or Asse therin,

34 then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money, and restore it vnto his master: but the deed carcase shalbe his owne.

35 Yf one mans oxe gorre another, that he dye, then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe, and deuyde the money, and the deed carcase shal they deuyde also.

36 But yf it be knowne, that the oxe haue bene vsed to gorre afore, then shal he paye his oxe for the other, & the deed carcase shal be his owne.